Daily news summaries

Catch up with RBA's daily birdnews summaries. Browse ten days at a time, or choose a date to read summaries from that day backwards.

Daily summaries are available from 13 April 2006. For earlier weekly reviews, visit our articles.

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Wednesday 3rd June 2026  
  The new rarities today included two Black Kites at Holt in Norfolk and West Buckland in Somerset, two female Red-footed Falcons at Walberswick in Norfolk and Hutton Buscel in North Yorkshire, a Greenish Warbler at Langdon Cliffs NT in Kent, a returning Least Tern in the Little Tern colony at Portrane in County Dublin and a likely returning drake Black Duck at Cross Lough in County Mayo.

Continuing rarities today included White-winged Scoter in Fife, King Eider in Shetland, Ferruginous Duck in Warwickshire, Baird's Sandpiper in Aberdeenshire, American Black Tern in Northumberland, Black-winged Kite in Norfolk, Red-footed Falcons in County Louth and Kent, Iberian Chiffchaff in County Durham, Western Subalpine Warbler in Shetland, Great Reed Warbler in Somerset.
-  Luke Stoppard, RBA